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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We are so thrilled to hear from acclaimed poet Patricia Smith, the 2025 National Book Award winner for THE INTENTIONS OF THUNDER, a 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry finalist, and recipient of the 2026 NAACP Image Award for Poetry. 11/2/26 at 7:30PM www.english.uga.edu/events/patri...

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our annual event, The New Student Reading, is Thursday, August 27th at the Founders Memorial House & Garden. Join us! www.english.uga.edu/events/conte...

UGA Creative Writing Program flyer with a microphone on a stand surrounded by black graphic smudges.

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Aruni Kashyap @arunikashyap.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

We are just two weeks away from welcoming Katie Kitamura in conversation with Chigozie Obioma at 6pm in the Chapel. Followed by an audience Q&A and then a book-signing. G H O S T Athens will have books available to purchase before the event starts if you still need to grab a copy of AUDITION.

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

With support from the English Department and The Willson Center, we are THRILLED to be welcoming Booker Prize Finalist, novelist Neel Mukherjee for a reading on campus on Thursday, October 23rd at 5:30 in the Graduate Reading Room on the third floor of the Main Library.

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Abhijit Sarmah and O-Jeremiah Agbaakin had a chance this summer to interview the 2025 Diann Blakely Winning Poet, Sihle Ntuli, selected by the 2025 Diann Blakely Visiting Poet Vivek Narayanan and is included in his third collection, OWELE: blakely.uga.edu

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Anindit Dutta is a fiction writer from Guwahati working on a book-length project that explores the collective curiosity of rural river islands in Assam facing environmental and political consequences through a cohesive interface of folklore and realism. Thursday 8/28 at 6pm, upstairs at The Globe.

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Gillian Bennett is a Boston-born, Florida-raised writer with a BA in Creative Writing from Florida State University, and an M.Phil in Film Studies & Screenwriting from Trinity College Dublin. See Gillian and the other new CWP writers on Thurs 8/28 at The Globe. www.english.uga.edu/events/conte...

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Save the date! We are so excited to welcome five incredible writers to our program this year!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The Narrative Edge podcast recently featured Aruni Kashyap's short story collection The Way You Want to Be Loved. This collection tackles identity, displacement, and resilience. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Pop over to Athentic tonight after work and spend some time with our PhD graduates, Chelsea Cobb and Genevieve Arlie!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Mark your calendars to hear from our graduating students, Chelsea Cobb and Genevieve Arlie!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Very cool capstone class project from the Senior Seminar in Comparative Literature (shared with us by Sarah Bell) Minute Details is a magazine/website: minutedetails.org Check it out!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Welcome to our new student videographer, Nikki Bailey! Nikki is a Junior Double Dawg studying Entertainment and Media Studies, Film Studies, and a masters in Emerging Media. She loves to be behind the camera and works on the Art and Music Project creating documentary episodes on local artists.

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Graduate student O-Jeremiah Agbaakin sat down with Emma Auer to read his work and discuss his journey to poetry. www.wuga.org/local-news/2...

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Defended! Congratulations to Dr. Chelsea L. Cobb!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Congratulations to CWP's Holly Haworth for being one of the English Department's five "Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award" winners!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The Willson Center, Dept of History, and INAS present a conversation on "Native Ground: Place and Language in the Cherokee Nation." Topics include mapping Cherokee homesteads in the 19th century, Removal Period archaeology, & Cherokee language and culture knowledge. 4/23 3pm MLC 250 buff.ly/lYcvsEK

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

It's time to say goodbye to Fletcher Johnson, our student videographer for the last two years as he is GRADUATING! We are so grateful for your time and talent, helping us create a highly professional video archive of UGACWP events!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Congratulations to Alec Siek on winning the 2025 Virginia Rucker Walter Poetry Prize with his poem "bar joke." engl.franklin.uga.edu/news/stories...

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Make some plans to see Seán Hewitt next week, Thursday April 16th, at Cine! calendar.uga.edu/event/sean-h...

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

This week, UGACWP Distinguished Research Professor Andrew Zawacki will be the Sandra Nelson Visiting Poet as part of the Writers Series program at St. Lawrence University this week, one of the best-regarded, oldest reading series in the nation.

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Here's a weekend thing-to-do! On Sunday night, pop over to Buvez! for a Sound Studies Poetry Reading featuring English undergraduate student Ashley Beresch and UGA CWP Graduate Students Christina Wood and Sristi Ray.

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

We are planning to stop work early today so that we can get over to The Globe for the Spring 2025 Sentimental Touring Club, a reading with five of our graduate students who write across genres and styles. The reading will start at 4pm!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

On March 21, 2025, the Creative Writing Program Graduates Students organized a reading for poet Joy Priest. This reading also featured the Poet Laureate of Athens, Mikhayla Smith. It was an incredible evening at Athica. Enjoy the video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Byx...

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Poetry Reading & Reception with Joy Priest Featuring the Poet Laureate of Athens Mikhayla Smith

On March 21, 2025, the Creative Writing Program Graduates Students organized a reading for poet Joy Priest. This reading also featured the Poet Laureate of A...

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Priyadarshini Oshin Gogoi introduced renowned and beloved children’s author and former poet laureate of Massachusetts, Lesléa Newman at the 56th Georgia Conference on Children’s Literature. She also presented, “Creating Their Own Mirrors: Using Picture Books to Encourage Agency in Young Writers.”

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

UGA alumna Aggie Ebrahimi (MA English) presents her latest documentary film, "Como Vivimos (How We Live)", in UGA's Special Collections Library on April 3 at 7pm. This was a selection at the South by Southwest Festival and recently aired on PBS. buff.ly/rVLR418

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

See you tonight, Athens! 7pm @ ATHICA athica.org/event/joy-pr...

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Genevieve Guzmán’s fall ENGL 4800W: Intermediate Fiction Writing class visited the Georgia Museum of Natural History's gallery for a tour then stayed on site to draft a prompt: a story with museum objects or an outdoor survival scenario set in the region. buff.ly/3L3HpkM (repost to include pics)

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Turn on your radio this morning at 5:45 or 7:45 for Morning Edition to hear a shortened version of CWP Graduate Student Daniel Barnum's interview with Joy Priest!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Save the date for a showcase of the groundbreaking research on Georgia's Rock Hawk and Rock Eagle effigy mounds. This interdisciplinary team (including CWP's Abhijit Sarmah) used advanced non-invasive tech to reveal new details of these ancient Native American sites. Thurs 3/27 4:30 Park Hall 265

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

UGA Alum Alexandra Edwards, now teaching at TCU, will be giving a talk based on her recent book Before Fanfiction: Recovering the Literary History of American Media Fandom (LSU Press) in Park Hall tomorrow, 3/19. Students, come meet Dr. Edwards at "Cake with an Alum" right before the talk itself.

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

UGACWP Student Daniel Barnum was able to sit down virtually with Joy Priest ahead of her poetry reading on Friday to chat about her work, and process and Horsepower and cars and basketball! Tune into WUGA on Saturday morning at 10am to hear their interview on Athens News Matters! buff.ly/XqckmkM

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Wed, 3/26 4pm @ The UGA Chapel Author Charles Johnson will read from his work, then take part in a conversation with Hyangsoon Yi, professor of comparative literature and intercultural studies, and Caroline Medine, professor and director of the Institute for African American Studies.

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

We are so thrilled to share that Mikhayla Smith, the Poet Laureate of Athens, will be joining us on Friday night with Joy Priest. Come for the poetry, stay for the conversation & reception with these two poets!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Make sure you've got your calendar marked for a poetry reading with Joy Priest on Friday, March 21 2025, 7 - 9pm at ATHICA.

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We are so excited about seeing Kenzie Allen tonight at Cine! Will we see you tonight?

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Make some time on Monday, March 17, 2-3pm at MLC 350 for a joint event by Germanic & Slavic Studies and the English Department. Dr. Marco Abel will talk about his new book on the Munich Group, a group of 1960s Leftist filmmakers from Munich. More details: www.gsstudies.uga.edu/events/conte...

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Artist Talk with Moshtari Hilal @ UGA: 3/19, 12:30pm, Fine Arts Building 400 (Gallery Theater)

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

This Friday night, we're going to be hanging out with Kenzie Allen at Cine for a poetry reading from her debut collection CLOUD MISSIVES and Dr. LeAnne Howe will engage Kenzie in conversation. Avid Bookshop will be on-site for book sales and it's likely going to be standing room only in The Lab!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Save the date for a reading and conversation with Ferdia Lennon Thursday, March 27 2025, 5:30 - 7:30pm Peabody Hall 115

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We are so pumped to share that Claire Cronin will be judging the poetry submissions for the Virginia Rucker Walker Poetry Prize this year! The competition will be judged this year by Claire Cronin, a writer, musician, and alumna of UGACWP.

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The Postcolonial Collective welcomes Brett Sterling, Associate Professor of German Studies at the University of Arkansas for a lecture on March 20th in MLC.

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Make sure you check out local poet J.R. Barner's celebration of his new book THE OCEAN UNDERGROUND AND OTHER POEMS at Athens Word of Mouth! Wednesday 3/5 upstairs at the Globe!

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Undergraduate English majors are invited to enter the annual Virginia Rucker Walter Poetry Prize! buff.ly/Z0cwQb2

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University of Georgia Creative Writing Program @ugacwp.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Interested in getting familiar with Joy Priest's work before the reading? You can use this handy link to order your copy of HORSEPOWER from Avid Bookshop before 3/2. You'll be notified by Avid when it arrives and can pickup your order from the shop at your convenience. buff.ly/4jWyCA6

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